#BFABC5#BFABC5

#BFABC5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.043 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABC5
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(286, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(286, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 11.95, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 15.97, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0319 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.043 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1253, 44.2339, 58.9206)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABC5 #B1C5AB

analogous

#B2ABC5 #BFABC5 #C5ABBE

triadic

#BFABC5 #C5BFAB #ABC5BF

tetradic

#BFABC5 #C5B2AB #B1C5AB #ABBEC5

square

#BFABC5 #C5B2AB #B1C5AB #ABBEC5

split-complementary

#BFABC5 #BEC5AB #ABC5B2

monochromatic

#876491 #A387AC #BFABC5 #DBCFDE #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BFABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABC5

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABC5	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.043 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c4d6',
    500: '#bfabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabc5;
$custom-light: #d2c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76649,
    "c": 0.04268,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABC5

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9D495C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABC5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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